Daily Links 12/5/2012: QVC acquires Oodle; DreamIt graduates 15

SAP's McDermott rolls with ever-changing tech 'revolution' (Joe DiStefano/Philadelphia Inquirer)

Letter to IBM (Bruce Cleveland/InterWest Partners)

The Renaissance of Enterprise Computing (Peter Levine, Partner, Andreessen Horowitz/All Things D)
Both of the above articles from VCs address some common themes.

DreamIt Ventures graduates 15 startups in its 2012 Philadelphia class (VentureBeat)

QVC Acquires Social Classifieds Veteran Oodle To Help Power Its Social Commerce Evolution (TechCrunch)

Verizon to start targeted advertising this week, will be optional (SlashGear)

CloudPay Raises $16 Million in Series B Funding (Marketwire)
Use of Cloud technology in payroll processing biz heating up.

DC City Council passes law legitimizing Uber car service
City carves out new "digital dispatch" category for smartphone car services. (Ars Technica)

Why First Round Capital funded a lawsuit (Redeye VC)

Online ed startup Coursera moves further along money-making path
(Gigaom)
UPenn is an investor in Coursera.

Comcast[-Spectacor] president reaffirms Beach arena support (The Virginian-Pilot)

Comcast: Tech vendor didn't have permission to publicize RDK conference (FierceCable)
Oops.



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